This is a slightly abbreviated version of a message I sent out to my patients on April 25, 2020. Many recommended I get this out to a larger audience.
Covid-19 has turned our world upside down and inside out and we wonder if our previous world will ever return. This video was to be a way of connecting with my patients, as our weekly cardiac rehab program, our pulmonary rehab program using the medical harmonica, the Harmonica Exercise for Lung Program (H.E.L.P), and especially the ECG monitoring and group support, stopped suddenly in early March. My feelings, after hours and hours of research and contemplation, left me with a feeling of disconnection from what has been presented and is being presented by our government representatives and our media. Not that anything presented was false or grossly incorrect. I just felt a different thrust might be more effective in getting through to a significant segment of our population, who have not bought into and understood the importance of each citizen's actions regarding Covid-19. By providing concise information of what we need to do, and moreso WHY, will hopefully engender a feeling of "belonging" in what needs to be a total group effort in battling the virus. A single citizen's failure in this regard can have dire consequences, not just on this individual, but on our society as a whole, as well as on our economy and our healthcare system! Hence the video: Covid-19: Mitigation VS Suppression, now in podcast audio format. Please spread the message to your family, friends, everyone you know, and everyone you don't know! We were turning the corner, and flattening the curve. Unfortunately the virus is gaining on us again as we attempt to come out of hiding! We can’t get complacent. Still too many deaths and fear of another peak!